California State Parks Temporarily Closing All State Beaches in Orange and San Diego Counties Due to Hurricane Hilary Out of an abundance of caution for public safety, California State Parks today announced temporary closures and camping cancellations for state parks and beaches due to potential impacts from Hurricane Hilary. Related: Tropical Storm Hilary Brings Historic Rain and Flash Flooding to Southern California All state beaches in Orange and San Diego counties will be closed on Sunday and Monday, […] SnowBrains | August 21, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Oblivious Surfer Almost Grabs Shark’s Dorsal Fin While Paddling Off San Diego, CA View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scott Fairchild (@scott_fairchild) This Great White Shark doesn’t even flinch as the surfer paddles just inches above it, almost grabbing its dorsal fin with his right hand. Related: Sharks Discovered Living in a Volcano Surf SwellBrains | November 5, 2021 0 Comments
San Diego, CA Lifeguard Killed After Traumatic Neck Injury While Surfing in Mexico Blake Dresner, a 24-year-old North San Diego County lifeguard, was killed after suffering a “traumatic surfing injury” at the Playa Abierta beach break, in Mexico last week. Today, Monday 24th August, the Encinitas community is gathering at Moonlight Beach at 10 am to honor the life of the 24-year-old surfer. Dresner was in Salina Cruz, Mexico with his closest friends when […] Surf SwellBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Cool Footage of Surfer Riding Bioluminescent Waves in San Diego, CA During daylight hours Southern California beaches have a red-brown tint to them at the moment, due to microscopic phytoplankton called ‘Lingulodinium polyedra’ causing the red-brown patches. The L. poly has increased significantly in the last couple of weeks. At night, however, waves disturbing the phytoplankton generate a pulse of blue light using luciferin, a light-emitting molecule. Scientists believe the magical blue glow […] Surf SwellBrains | April 29, 2020 0 Comments
Video Shows Newly Re-Opened San Diego, CA Beach Extremely Packed with Surfers At Sunrise on Monday, April 27, San Diego County reopened many of its beaches to the general public, but things got weird quickly. The county discontinued restrictions for beach-goers and surfers while keeping the restrictions for motorized boating in place. But, in less than an hour after one San Diego beach re-opened it was already packed with hundreds of […] Surf SnowBrains | April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Injured Climber Airlifted From Mountains Near San Diego, CA A rock climber was injured while climbing the Descanso Wall in the Cuyamaca Mountains, near San Diego, California, and had to be evacuated from the area via helicopter last Sunday, April 5. The climber was an eighteen-year-old adult male who had fallen approximately 20 feet in the accident and broken his leg, according to Cal Fire Captain Isaac Sanchez who […] Climbing CragBrains | April 10, 2020 0 Comments
San Diego County, CA First in the Country to Order Mandatory Wearing of Masks After discouraging the general public for the past couple weeks from wearing masks unless they are sick or showing symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus, San Diego County officials today announced an order that starting this Saturday all employees at essential businesses must wear facial coverings, with the general public strongly encouraged to do the same. As of midnight, Friday, April 3, […] SnowBrains | April 3, 2020 2 Comments
Body of Drowned Surfer Found on Popular San Diego, CA Beach The body of a surfer was found at Moonlight Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Encinitas, CA located in North County San Diego on Wednesday afternoon. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, it appears as if the young man had drowned. Related: How to Spot, Avoid and Escape Rip Tides in the Ocean Lifeguards apparently spotted a surfboard […] SwellBrains | September 13, 2019 0 Comments